Cynthia Dill, the civil rights lawyer representing former Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention employee Sharon Leahy-Lind, said she is working to add another plaintiff to the case. “I am seeking to amend the complaint to add additional claims and an additional party,” Dill said.

Dill isn't releasing details until she files the case, but she told WMTW News 8 that the new plaintiff still works for the Maine CDC and isn't directly connected to the alleged Leahy-Lind incident but has a similar complaint against the state health agency.

This news comes the day before the state's Government Oversight Committee is expected to issue subpoenas as part of its investigation into what allegedly happened within the Maine CDC. Dill said the FBI has interviewed Leahy-Lind, but the bureau has not commented.

Leahy-Lind said she was harassed and forced out of her Maine CDC job because she refused to shred public documents.

She alleges her bosses ordered her to destroy documents that were part of the lead-up to a decision regarding millions of dollars in tobacco-settlement funds.

Leahy-Lind has filed a civil case in federal court.

The Maine Attorney General's Office has authorized the state to spend up to $100,000 on private attorneys to represent state employees after state attorneys recused themselves from defending the case.

“He’s either guilty by having his administration do it, or he’s negligent in the fact that he doesn’t know anything about it,” Jackson said.

Republicans said Democrats will pounce on any excuse to vilify the governor.

“Hopefully this is not being used as a political tool to try to, once again, tarnish Gov. LePage’s image or blame him for some sort of issue out there because, quite frankly, we’ve seen an awful lot of that in the last year. I think people are tired of it,” House Minority Leader, Ken Fredette, R- Newport, said.

Neither the Governor’s Office nor the Department of Health and Human Services has commented. WMTW News 8’s calls to the private lawyers hired to defend the CDC were not returned.

TOSS A NEW ACCUSER IN THE C-D-C DOCUMENT SHREDDING CASE MAY BE COMING FORWARD... JUST AS LAWMAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS IN THE CASE. THE LAWYER REPRESENTING THE FIRST ALLEGED WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS SHE'S WORKING TO ADD ANOTHER PLAINTIFF TO THE CASE ANY DAY NOW. W-M-T-W NEWS EIGHT POLITICAL REPORTER PAUL MERRILL JOINS US LIVE WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT. WE'LL KNOW MORE DETAILS WHEN THE CASE GETS FILED IN FEDERAL COURT. THAT COULD BE AS SOON AS TOMORROW. THE LAWYER WHO PLANS TO FILE THE CASE SAYS THE PERSON STILL WORKS FOR THE MAINE C-D-C AND IS MAKING ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT STARTED THIS WHOLE ORDEAL. SHARON LEAHY- LIND SAYS SHE WAS HARASSED AND ESSENTIALLY FORCED OUT OF HER JOB AT THE MAINE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AFTER SHE REFUSED TO SHRED PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. CYNTHIA DILL IS LEAHY-LIND'S LAWYER. DILL SAYS ANOTHER PERSON HAS NOW COME FORWARD TO MAKE SIMILAR CLAIMS AGAINST THE C-D-C. 00:05:46-00:05:50 Cynthia Dill/Plaintiff's Lawyer: "I am seeking to amend the complaint to add additional claims and an additional party." THE CIVIL SUIT IN FEDERAL COURT IS JUST ONE PART OF THIS STORY. TOMORROW THE LEGISLATURE'S GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS FOR DOCUMENTS AND TESTIMONY RELATED TO THE CASE. DILL SAYS THE F-B-I HAS INTERVIEWED LEAHY-LIND. THE BUREAU ISN'T COMMENTING. AND NOW, AFTER LAWYERS FROM THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM THE CASE, THE STATE IS PAYING PRIVATE LAWYERS AT LEAST $300 AN HOUR TO DEFEND THE C-D-C. 00:03:12-00:03:17 Sen. Troy Jackson/ Majority Leader: "This administration is doing things that even the attorney general's office can't defend." DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER TROY JACKSON SAYS TUMULT AT THE C-D-C IS INDICATIVE OF THE FAILED LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNOR PAUL LEPAGE. 00:01:31- 00:01:38 Sen. Troy Jackson/ Majority Leader: "He's either guilty by having his administration do it or he's negligent in the fact that he doesn't know anything about it." REPUBLICANS SAY DEMOCRATS WILL POUNCE ON ANY EXCUSE TO TAKE A JAB AT THE GOVERNOR. 00:08:17- 00:08:31 Rep. Ken Fredette/House Minority Leader: "Hopefully this is not being used as a political tool to try to, once again, tarnish Governor LePage's image or blame him for some sort of issue out there because, quite frankly, we've seen an awful lot of that in the last year. I think people are tired of it." NEITHER THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE NOR THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS COMMENTING. WE NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THE PRIVATE PORTLAND LAWYERS WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED TO DEFEND THE C-D-C. THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL MEET TOMORROW MORNING IN AUGUSTA. WE'LL BE THERE. LIVE IN THE STUDIO, PAUL

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